Canada’s current plants wouldn’t be able to produce enough COVID-19 vaccine to supply doses to the millions of Canadians who will want it
OTTAWA – The federal government is investing in plants across the country because if a COVID-19 vaccine was available tomorrow, Canada wouldn’t have the capacity to quickly produce the millions of doses required.
Several large pharmaceutical companies have plants in Canada, but they alone will not be enough to produce the vaccine. The annual influenza vaccine is largely produced domestically, but only 40 per cent of Canadians get a flu shot, while demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be much higher. It has also announced $44 million to expand a National Research Council Facility in Montreal, so it can also manufacture vaccines. The government said that facility will allow the lab to produce 70,000 to 100,000 doses per month by summer with more expansion after that.
The facility in Saskatoon has a large containment lab and Gerdts said this will give them the ability to integrate research and manufacturing. “They’re preparing for a scale up so that he immediately, as soon as you can get the approval, they can make millions of doses of this.” The government has announced a total of $850 million in support for global efforts to find a vaccine. Tam said they are trying to support all of the promising research.
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